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Wednesday, 14 March, 2001, 19:47 GMT

Arsenal scrape through

Elber heads home the opener for Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich 1-0 Arsenal

Arsenal moved uncomfortably into the Champions League quarter-finals after a disappointing defeat against Bayern Munich.

Arsene Wenger's side finally clinched a place in the last eight, despite a desperately poor display in Munich's rain-soaked Olympic Stadium.

Outspoken Brazilian Giovane Elber - who dismissed Arsenal in a public attack before the game - backed up his words with actions and an excellent early goal.

And even though Arsenal struggled to make any impact against Bayern, they were left grateful for Lyon's failure to get a win against Spartak Moscow for their passage into the latter stages of the competition.

Arsenal could take no chances as events unfolded in Moscow, but they almost fell victim to a self-inflicted wound in the fourth minute.

Carsten Jancker's cross looked harmless until Gilles Grimandi inexplicably stuck out a leg, and it needed an instant reaction save from David Seaman to stop a farcical own goal.

Henry escapes Elber

It was only a brief reprieve as Bayern pressed forward and took the lead five minutes later.

France full back Bixente Lizarazu unlocked the Arsenal defence with a brilliant cross, and the arrogant Elber sent a diving header past Seaman.

Lizarazu was a constant threat to Arsenal, and captain Tony Adams needed to be alert to divert another dangerous cross behind for a corner.

Arsenal were struggling to make any impact at all on Bayern, stripped of the creativity of Dennis Bergkamp and with Thierry Henry and Kanu isolated figures up front.